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Alex Lagutin

Everyone in the MacTech 25 has their own unique story, and Alex is no exception. While he's now well known as an employee of Rogue Amoeba Software, does anyone remember his prior ventures? Like MacAmp and Subband Software? Or his career in the Soviet Army? All of this was part of Alex's path of that led him to where he is now. While Paul Kafasis, as the "frontman", gets a lot of credit for Rogue Amoeba, you might say that as the lead behind Audio Hijack, Alex really put them on the map.

Looking at his run of projects, you see a clear penchant for audio-related code. From the pre-iTunes MacAmp to the modern AudioHijack Pro, Alex has some serious chops. Here's hoping that OS 10.5 lets him spread his wings even further. - erm

Bruce Lacey

Some people focus on one thing -- the Macintosh -- and become incredibly proficient. Bruce is one of those people that deal with many things, and is proficient at them all. While many of his ventures leave him to lands far away from the Mac, in years to come, one contribution certainly won't be forgotten: SuperDuper! For Bruce, SuperDuper! Certainly falls into the which-one-of-these-things-doesn't-belong-here category. This Shirt Pocket Software application is not an enterprise level backup. Rather, it's a personal back up application -- and that's why people can be so affectionate about it. However, Bruce's other work has been on a much grander scale.

In addition to his duties at Shirt Pocket Software, he's also currently the Vice President of Engineering for Carrier IQ -- a company in the telecom space helping providers gather better data about the mobile devices on their network. - erm

Chris Forsythe

Chris Forsythe has had a hand in many successful open source applications for OS X, and has made an impact in keeping developers interested in developing and further not having to reinvent the same frameworks over and over again. As the lead on Adium, he helped bring one of the first multi-protocol chat clients to OS X. From there, he gives us one of the most used, extensible, "why-isn't-this-in-the-OS" pieces of software on the Mac. Growl has become a mainstay of Mac users everywhere, and we can thank Chris for giving it away, source code and all.

Follow what Chris is up to via his blog at http://brok3n.org. - erm